jiffypop: Leupold & Stevens Corporation has been in existence for 117 (one hundred and seventeen!) years now and they now have over 700 (seven hundred!) employees with revenue of $200,000,000.00 (two hundred million dollars!) a year - what makes YOU think they are going out of business? Sheesh! Long live Leupold & Stevens Corporation - a fine AMERICAN company. Hold into the wind VarmintGuy P.S.: Yesterday at my local gunshop the owner put out a "used" Leupold 3x9 CDS variable scope and there was nearly a fight over it! It was on the used scope shelf for just moments til it was purchased. This morning at my local range there were three shooters (including me) and a total of 4 Leupold scopes (out of 6 or 8 that were in use. No problems I saw. What am I missing - let me correct that, what are the few Leupold naysayers on this forum missing?